Japanese Children Dressed in Military Style Uniforms

All the items shown below are part of a private collection of more than 470 Japanese textiles and related artifacts. The collection is divided into 28 fascinating topics, and tells the history of Japan from 1895-1960 this board is showing just one of those topics, please enjoy the exhibition.

A large and rare child's hand drawn map depicting the Great East Asia War (大東亜戦争) showing conflict zones. Most likely a classroom project.

Child's pre-war educational scientific toy. If a wooden stick/dowel is rubbed along the top notches, the vibrations would make the propellers turn,.....easy you think?.....well try this one!...with a little bit of practice, you can get the two propellers to spin in opposite directions!....the sound it produced would simulate machine gun fire!

Crude representations of a Type 26 revolver, and a Nambu Type 14 pistol.

Vintage Japanese schoolboy's military style corduroy cap.

Boy's military style cap with unusual mariner's compass embroidered insignia. The cap still has it's original protective white cover suggesting it may have been worn by a naval/maritime safety agency cadet. The Japanese Maritime Safety Agency was formed in 1948 and used the compass as it's logo. Now it is known as Japan Coast Guard.